Egg carton and the like



7 Oct. 19, 1937. R P, EM 2,096,315

EGG CARTON- AND THE LIKE Filed July 27, 1936 INVENTOR. Faber/ P 56/77/55 ATTORNEY tion to provide a carton and a filler therefor part hereof, Figure 1 is a Patented a. 19, 11937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EGG CARTON AND THE LIKE Robert P. Bemiss, San Francisco, Calif. Application July 27, 1936, Serial N0. 92,764 2 Claims. (01. 22928) This invention relates to a carton construction, particularly one useful for the handling of eggs, fruit and the like, and, more particularly, to a novel form of filler for use in a carton.

The marketing of eggs in packages is, so far as the supplying of the packages is concerned, a highly competitive and a low profit per unit industry. The character of the cartons is therefore limited by the cost, for, in general, a price of more than $9.00 per thousand for the complete carton cannot be realized. While some cartons provide fairly satisfactory protection and provide suitable surfaces for display purposes, the typical cartons on the market are generally subject to at least one or more serious objection.

' Thus, with the self-locking type of carton, it is difficulty in removing the eggs, as well as the fact that the carton sides and top fit snugly against the egg so that any pressure applied to the carton results in breakage.

It is in general the object of the present invenwhich obviate the aforementioned difliculties.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel and cheap form of egg carton construction.

. Another object of the invention is to provide a package construction utilizing corrugated paper in a. novel manner.

The invention includes other objects and features of advantage,- some of which, together with the foregoing, will appear hereinafter, wherein the present preferred form of the invention is disclosed.

In the drawing accompanying and forming a plan view of a filler section ready for assembly.

Figure 2 is a perspective of an assembled filler section. i

Figure 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, of an assembled filler.

Figure 4 is a partial plan view of a filler.

Figure 5 is an end view of a filler, in a carton.

, rugated paper, and make a tudinal edges I4 and i6 eggs the sheet 6 can be Figure 6 is an end view of a filler slightly expanded from a knock-down position in which it can be shipped.

As a material from which the present carton and filler can be manufactured, I can use chip 5 board, straw board or the like, or I can make up the structure out of corrugated paper. This last material is preferred, inasmuch as it is stronger, more resilient, affords more protection to the article packed, and, at the same time, is 10 cheaper.

In proceeding to practice the invention I take a sheet 6 of suitable material, preferably corplurality of spaced longitudinal cuts 1 therein joined by transverse cuts 8 so that the sheet is, in effect, cut in the form of a series of successive H's lying on their sides and providing a plurality of tongues Hi. If corrugated paper is used this is first formed in a continuous manner and the cuts thereafter made continuously as the paper comes from the assembly line. After the cuts are made thesheet is scored as at H, l2 and i3.to provide sides l1, top I! and bottom 20 between the longithereof. The sheet is then folded upon itself on the scores II, I! and I3 and the edges I 4 and I6 suitably secured together as by I a pasted strip of paper 2! or a flanged or glued edge. In making up a filler for provided with any desired number of the H cuts. Usually six H cuts are made so that when two of the tubular sleeves, now arranged in a rectangular form, are secured in a side by side relation, a package for a dozen eggs is provided.

I prefer to utilize a central sheet member 22 and to attach the tubular sleeves on opposite sides thereof. This member is utilized preferably not only as a means to join the two sleeves together but also to provide protection for the articles packed. Thus in Figure 5 I have shown the as sembled filler as inserted into a carrier or sleeve structure indicated generally by the numeral 23. This sleeve structure can be made up in the form of a tubular sleeve of corrugated paper, the central sheet member 22 engaging the top 24 of the sleeve and the bottom 25, spacing these apart so that an egg positioned therein, for example, is held out of contact with the top and breakage thus avoided, if the boxes are stacked.

As appears in Figures 4 and 5, the central sheet member is preferably provided with a tab 26 which extends over and is suitably secured as by a seal 21 to the side of the carrier 23 when the filler is in position. In this way the contents of the egg 55 board.

carrier can be certified and the consumer can be sure that if the seal is unbroken the contents have not been tampered with. When the seal is broken, the tab 26 provides a. convenient means with which to remove the filler from the can'ier.

I prefer to use a corrugated paper outer sleeve 23 since this provides double protection to an egg supported in the filler while the egg is maintained out of contact with the top and sides so that breakage is very diflicult. The corrugated paper sleeves can be readily made up, the machines for manufacture of this material being well known, and the cost of fabrication and paper being such that the corrugated structure is even cheaper than the structure when made of chip or straw vided, a factor considered by the larger egg wholesalers.

The tubular sleeves are attached to the central member 22 without depressing the tongues [0.

each sleeve resting flat against the member 22 after the manner of Figure 6. When it is desired to use the filler, the sleeves are pulled out and one or more of the tongues in depressed (Figure 2) to lock the sleeves open and in an egg receiving position. This is a simple manual operation quickly performed.

I claim:

1. A carton comprising an outer carrier in-- cluding a top and bottom, and a filler insertable into said'carrier and including a central member normally engaging said top and bottom and a pair of tubular sleeves carried by said member on opposite sides thereof and subdivided into a plu-' rality of article receptacles.

2. A carton comprising an outer carrier sleeve.

having a top and bottom, and a. filler insertable into said carrier and including a central member normally engaging said top and bottom and a pair of tubular sleeves carried by said member on oppositesides thereof and subdivided into a plurality of article receptacles by a plurality of H cuts along a face of each sleeve to provide lips depending into said sleeves to engage the sides thereof and lock the sleeves open.

ROBERT P. BEMISS; 

